Guangzhou

For other uses, seeGuangzhou (disambiguation)orCanton.

Guangzhou Quảng châu thị Canton; Kwangchow
Prefecture-levelandsub-provincial city
Canton Towerin front of thePearl River Guangzhou Library Canton Fair Complex Liurong Temple Five-Ram Sculpture Sacred Heart Cathedral Zhenhai Tower Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Nicknames: City of Rams, City of Flowers, City of Rice Spike
Location of Guangzhou City jurisdiction in Guangdong
Guangzhou Location of the city center in Guangdong Guangzhou Guangzhou (China)
Coordinates (Guangdong People's Government):23°07′48″N113°15′36″E
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
Settled	214 BC
Founded by	Qin dynasty
Municipal seat	Yuexiu District
Government
• Type	Sub-provincial city
• Body	Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress
•CCP Secretary	Guo Yonghang
•CongressChairman	Wang Yanshi
•Mayor	Sun Zhiyang
•CPPCCChairman	Li Yiwei
Area
•Prefecture-levelandsub-provincial city	7,434.4 km2(2,870.4 sq mi)
• Urban	2,256.4 km2(871.2 sq mi)
• Metro	20,144.1 km2(7,777.7 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Population (2020 census)
•Prefecture-levelandsub-provincial city	18,676,605
• Density	2,500/km2(6,500/sq mi)
•Urban	26,940,000
• Urban density	12,000/km2(31,000/sq mi)
•Metro	32,623,413
• Metro density	1,600/km2(4,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Cantonese
GDP
•Prefecture-levelandsub-provincial city	CN¥2.823 trillion US$437.7 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 151,162 US$ 23,436
Time zone	UTC+08:00(China Standard Time)
Postal code	510000
Area code	(0)20
ISO 3166 code	CN-GD-01
License plateprefixes	Việt A
City Flower	Bombax ceiba
City Bird	Chinese hwamei
Languages	Cantonese,Standard Chinese
Website	gz.gov.cn

Guangzhou
"Guangzhou" inSimplified(top) andTraditional(bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	Quảng châu
Traditional Chinese	Quảng châu
Hanyu Pinyin
CantoneseYale
Postal	Canton Kwangchow
Literal meaning	"BroadPrefecture"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄡ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Goangjou Wade–Giles Kuang3-chou1 Tongyong Pinyin Guǎngjhou Yale Romanization Gwǎngjōu IPA [kwàŋ.ʈʂóʊ] Wu Romanization Kuaon-tseu Hakka Romanization Kong3-ziu1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jyutping gwong2 zau1 IPA [kʷɔŋ˧˥.tsɐw˥] Southern Min HokkienPOJ Kńg-chiu
abbreviation
Chinese	Tuệ
Hanyu Pinyin	Suì
CantoneseYale	Seuih
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Suì Bopomofo ㄙㄨㄟˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Suey Wade–Giles Sui4 Tongyong Pinyin Suèi Yale Romanization Swèi IPA [swêɪ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Seuih Jyutping seoi6 IPA [sɵɥ˨]

Guangzhou,previously romanizedasCantonorKwangchow,is thecapitaland largest city ofGuangdongprovinceinsouthern China.Located on thePearl Riverabout 120 km (75 mi) northwest ofHong Kongand 145 km (90 mi) north ofMacau,Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of theSilk Road.

Theport of Guangzhouserves as a transportation hub for Guangzhou, one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou was captured by theBritishduring theFirst Opium Warand no longer enjoyed a monopoly after the war; consequently it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong andShanghai,but continued to serve as a majorentrepôt.Following theSecond Battle of Chuenpiin 1841, theTreaty of Nankingwas signed betweenSir Robert Peelon behalf ofQueen VictoriaandLin Zexuon behalf ofEmperor Xuanzongand has cededHong Kongto the United Kingdom on 26 January 1841 after the agreement of theConvention of Chuenpi.

Guangzhou is at the center of theGuangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area,the most populous built-up metropolitan area in the world, which extends into the neighboring cities ofFoshan,Dongguan,Zhongshan,Shenzhenand part ofJiangmen,Huizhou,ZhuhaiandMacau,forming the largesturban agglomerationon Earth with approximately 70 million residentsand part of thePearl River Delta Economic Zone.Administratively, the city holdssubprovincialstatusand is one of China's nineNational Central Cities.In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals ofsub-Saharan Africawho had initially settled in the Middle East and Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou in response to the1997/98 Asian financial crisis.Thedomestic migrant populationfrom other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China.As of the 2020 census, the registered population of the city's expansive administrative area was 18,676,605 individuals (up 47 percent from the previous census in 2010), of whom 16,492,590 lived in 9 urban districts (all butConghuaandZengcheng).Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginning of theCOVID-19 pandemic,Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport,the major airport of Guangzhou, briefly became theworld's busiest airport by passenger trafficin 2020.Guangzhou is the fifth most populous city by urban resident population in China after Shanghai,Beijing,Shenzhen andChongqing.

In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annualCanton Fair,the oldest and largesttrade fairin China.For three consecutive years (2013–2015), Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city in mainland China.Guangzhou is highly ranked as anAlpha (global first-tier)city together with San Francisco and Stockholm.It is a majorAsia-Pacificfinance hub, ranking 21st globally in the 2020Global Financial Centres Index.As an important international city, Guangzhou has hosted numerous international and national sporting events, the most notable being the2010 Asian Games,the2010 Asian Para Games,and the2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.The city hosts 65foreign representatives,making it the major city hosting the third most foreign representatives in China, after Beijing and Shanghai.As of 2020, Guangzhou ranks 10th in the world and 5th in China—after Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen—for the number of billionaire residents by theHurunGlobal Rich List.Guangzhou is aresearch and developmenthubranking 8th globallyas well as 4th in the Asia-Pacific region,and is home tomany universities.

Toponymy

Portrait of theGrotto of the Five Immortals,theTaoisttemple around the five stones which gave Guangzhou its nickname "The City of Rams"

Guǎngzhōuis the officialromanizationof the Chinese nameQuảng châu.The name of the city is taken from the ancientGuǎng Prefectureafter it had become the prefecture's seat of government. ThecharacterQuảngorQuảngmeans 'broad' or 'expansive'.

Before acquiring its current name, the town was known as Panyu (Punyü;Phiên ngu), a name still borne byone of Guangzhou's districtsnot far from the main city. The origin of the name is still uncertain, with 11 various explanations being offered,including that it may have referred to two local mountains.The city has also sometimes been known as Guangzhou Fu or Guangfu after its status as the capital of aprefecture.From this latter name, Guangzhou was known to medieval Persians such asAl-MasudiandIbn Khordadbehas Khanfu (خانفو).Under theSouthern Han,the city was renamed Xingwang Fu (Hưng vương phủ).

TheChinese abbreviationfor Guangzhou isTuệ,pronouncedSeoi⁶in Cantonese andSuìin Mandarin—although the abbreviation on car license plates, as with the rest of the province, isViệt), after its nickname "City of Rice" (Tuệ thành.The city has long borne the nicknameCity of Rams(Dương thành) orCity of the Five Rams(Ngũ dương thành) from the five stones at the oldTemple of the Five Immortalssaid to have been the sheep or goats ridden by theTaoistculture heroescredited with introducingrice cultivationto the area around the time of the city's foundation.The former name "City of theImmortals"(Tiên thành/Ngũ tiên thành) came from the same story. The more recentCity of Flowers(Hoa thành) is usually taken as a simple reference to the area's fine greenery.

The English name "Canton" derived fromPortugueseCidade de Cantão,a blend ofdialectalpronunciations of "Guangdong"(e.g.,CantoneseGwong2-dung1). Although it originally and chiefly applied to the walled city, it was occasionally conflated with Guangdong by some authors. It was adopted as thePostal Map Romanizationof Guangzhou, and remained the official name until itsname changeto "Guangzhou". As an adjective, it is still used in describing thepeople,language,cuisineandcultureof Guangzhou and the surrounding Liangguang region. The 19th-century name was "Kwang-chow foo".

History

For a chronological guide, seeTimeline of Guangzhou.

Prehistory

Thejade burial suitofZhao Moin Guangzhou'sNanyue King Museum

A settlement now known as Nanwucheng was present in the area by 1100 BC.Some traditional Chinese histories placed Nanwucheng's founding during the reign ofKing Nan of Zhou,emperorofZhoufrom 314 to 256 BC. It was said to have consisted of little more than a stockade of bamboo and mud.

Nanyue

Guangzhou, then known asPanyu,was founded on the eastern bank of thePearl Riverin 214 BC.Ships commanded bytradespersonsarrived on the South China coast in the lateantiquity.Surviving records from theTang dynastyconfirm, that the residents of Panyu observed a range of trade missions. Records on foreign trade ships reach upon til the late 20th century.

Panyu was the seat ofQin Empire'sNanhai Commandery,and served as a base for thefirst invasionof theBaiyuelands in southern China. Legendary accounts claimed that the soldiers at Panyu were so vigilant that they did not remove their armor for three years.Upon thefall of the Qin,GeneralZhao Tuoestablished the kingdom ofNanyueand made Panyu its capital in 204 BC. It remained independent throughout theChu-Han Contention,although Zhao negotiated recognition of his independence in exchange for his nominal submission to theHanin 196 BC.Archeological evidence shows that Panyu was an expansive commercial center: in addition to items from central China, archeologists have found remains originating fromSoutheast Asia,India, and even Africa.Zhao Tuo was succeeded byZhao Moand then Zhao Yingqi. UponZhao Yingqi's death in 115 BC, his younger sonZhao Xingwas named as his successor in violation of Chineseprimogeniture.By 113 BC, hisChinesemother, the Empress Dowager Jiu (Cù) had prevailed upon him to submit Nanyue as a formal part of the Han Empire. The nativeprime ministerLü Jia (LữGia) launched a coup, killing Han ambassadors along with the king, his mother, and their supporters.A successful ambush then annihilated a Han force which had been sent to arrest him.Emperor Wu of Hantook offense and launcheda massive riverine and seaborne war:six armies underLu Bodeand Yang Putook Panyu and annexed Nanyue by the end of 111 BC.

Imperial China

Canton in the early 1800s

View ofPazhouin 1810

Incorporated into theHan dynasty,Panyu became a provincial capital. In AD 226, it became the seat of GuangPrefecture,which gave it its modern name. TheOld Book of Tangdescribed Guangzhou as an important port in southern China.Direct routes connected the Middle East and China, as shown in the records of a Chinese prisoner returning home from Iraq twelve years after his capture atTalas.Relations were often strained: while China was undergoing theAn Lushan Rebellion,Arab and Persian piratessacked the city on 30 October 758and in revenge thousands of Arabs and Persians were killed by Chinese rebels in theYangzhou massacre (760).In theGuangzhou massacreabout 200,000 Arab, Persian and other foreigners were killed by Chinese rebelHuang Chaoin 878, along with the city'sJews,Christians,andParsis.The port was closed for fifty years after its destruction.

Amid theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdomsthat followed the collapse of theTang dynasty,theLater LianggovernorLiu Yanused his base at Panyu to establish a "Great Yue" or "Southern Han"empire, which lasted from 917 to 971. The region enjoyed considerable cultural and economic success in this period. From the 10th to 12th century, there are records that the large foreign communities were not exclusively men, but included"Persianfemales ".According toOdoric of Pordenone,Guangzhou was as large as three Venices in terms of area, and rivaled all of Italy in the amount of crafts produced. He also noted the large amount of ginger available as well as large geese and snakes.Guangzhou was visited by theMoroccantravelerIbn Battutaduring his journey around the world in the 14th century.He detailed the process by which the Chinese constructed their large ships in the port's shipyards.

Shortly after theHongwu Emperor's declaration of theMing dynasty,he reversed his earlier support offoreign tradeand imposed the first of a series ofsea bans(Hải cấm).These banned private foreign trade upon penalty of death for the merchant and exile for his family and neighbors.Previous maritime intendancies of Guangzhou,Quanzhou,andNingbowere closed in 1384and legal trade became limited to thetribute delegationssent to or by official representatives of foreign governments.

Following thePortugueseconquestof theMelaka Sultanate,Rafael Perestrellotraveled to Guangzhou as a passenger on a nativejunkin 1516.His report inducedFernão Pires de Andradeto sail to the city with eight ships the next year,but De Andrade's explorationwas understood as spyingand his brother Simão and others began attempting to monopolize trade,enslaving Chinese womenand children, engaging in piracy,and fortifying the island ofTamão.Rumors even circulated that Portuguese were eating the children.The Guangzhou administration was charged with driving them off:they bested the Portuguese at theBattle of Tunmenand inXicao Bay;held adiplomatic missionhostage in a failed attempt to pressure the restoration of thesultan of Malacca,who had been accounteda Ming vassal;and, after placing them incanguesand keeping them for most of a year, ultimately executed 23 bylingchi.With the help of local pirates,the "Folangji"then carried out smuggling atMacao,Lampacau,andSt John'sIsland (nowShangchuan),untilLeonel de Sousalegalized their trade with bribes to Admiral Wang Bo (UôngBách) and the1554 Luso-Chinese Accord.The Portuguese undertook not to raise fortifications and to pay customs dues;three years later, after providing the Chinese with assistance suppressing their former pirate allies,the Portuguese were permitted to warehouse their goods atMacauinstead of Guangzhou itself.

Nieuhof's imaginative 1665 map of "Kanton",made from secondhand accounts when Europeans were still forbidden from entering the walled city

In October 1646, theLongwu Emperor's brother,Zhu Yuyuefled by sea to Guangzhou, the last stronghold of theMing empire.On December 11, he declared himself the Shaowu Emperor, borrowing his imperial regalia from local theater troupes.He led a successful offense against his cousinZhu Youlangbut was deposed and executed on January 20, 1647, when the Ming turncoat Li Chengdong (LýThànhĐống) sacked the city on behalf of theQing.

The Qing became somewhat more receptive to foreign trade after gaining control ofTaiwanin 1683.ThePortuguesefromMacauandSpaniardsfromManilareturned, as did private Muslim,Armenian,andEnglishtraders.From 1699 to 1714, theFrenchandBritish East India Companiessent a ship or two each year;theAustrianOstend General India Co.arrived in 1717,theDutch East India Co.in 1729,theDanishAsiatic Co.in 1731, and theSwedishEast India Co.the next year.These were joined by the occasionalPrussianorTrieste Companyvessel. The first independent American ship arrived in 1784, and the firstcolonial Australianone in 1788.By that time, Guangzhou was one of the world's greatest ports, organized under theCanton System.The main exports wereteaandporcelain.As a meeting place of merchants from all over the world, Guangzhou became a major contributor to the rise of the modern global economy.

In the 19th century, most of the city's buildings were still only one or two stories. However, there were notable exceptions such as theFlower Pagodaof theTemple of the Six Banyan Trees,and the guard tower known as theFive-Story Pagoda.The subsequently urbanized northern hills were bare and covered with traditional graves. The brick city walls were about 6 mi (10 km) in circumference, 25 ft (8 m) high, and 20 ft (6 m) wide. Its eight main gates and two water gates all held guards during the day and were closed at night. The wall rose to incorporate a hill on its northern side and was surrounded on the other three by a moat which, along with the canals, functioned as the city's sewer, emptied daily by the river's tides. A partition wall with four gates divided the northern "old town" from the southern "new town" closer to the river; the suburb ofXiguan(Saikwan; "West Gate" ) stretched beyond and the boats of fishers, traders, andTanka( "boat people" ) almost entirely concealed the riverbank for about 4 mi (6 km). It was common for homes to have a storefront facing the street and to treat theircourtyardsas a kind of warehouse.The city was part of a network of signal towers so effective that messages could be relayed toBeijing—about 1,200 mi (1,931 km) away—in less than 24 hours.

Guangzhou ( "Canton" ) and the surrounding islands ofHenan,Pazhou,Changzhou,andXiaoguweiin 1841

Guangzhou city skyline at dusk in 2011

The Canton System was maintained until the outbreak of theFirst Opium Warin 1839. Following a series of battles in thePearl River Delta,the Britishcaptured Cantonon March 18, 1841.TheSecond Battle of Cantonwas fought two months later.Following the Qing's 1842treatywithGreat Britain,Guangzhou lost its privileged trade status as more and moretreaty portswere opened to more and more countries, usually including extraterritorial enclaves. Amid the decline of Qing prestige and the chaos of theRed Turban Rebellion (1854–1856),thePuntiandHakkawageda series of clan warsfrom 1855 to 1867 in which one million people died. The foreign trade facilities were destroyed by local Chinese in theArrow War(1856–1858). The international community relocated to the outskirts and most international trade moved throughShanghai.

The concession for theGuangdong–Hankou Railwaywas awarded to theAmerican China Development Co.in 1898. It completedits branch linewest toFoshanandSanshuibefore being engulfed in a diplomatic crisis after a Belgian consortium bought a controlling interest and the Qing subsequently canceled its concession.J.P. Morganwas awarded millions in damagesand the line toWuchangwas not completed until 1936and the completion of a unifiedBeijing–Guangzhou Railwaywaited until the completion ofWuhan'sYangtze River Bridgein 1957.

Modern China

Revolutions

During the late Qing dynasty, Guangzhou was the site of revolutionary attempts such as theUprisings of 1895and1911that were the predecessors of the successfulXinhai Revolution,which overthrew the Qing dynasty. The 72 revolutionaries whose bodies were found after the latter uprising are honored as the city's 72Martyrsat the Huanghuagang ( "Yellow Flower Mound" ) Mausoleum.

Republic of China

After the assassination ofSong JiaorenandYuan Shikai's attempts to remove theNationalist Party of Chinafrom power, the leader of GuangdongHu Hanminjoined the 1913Second Revolutionagainst himbut was forced to flee toJapanwithSun Yat-senafter its failure. The city came under national spotlight again in 1917, when Prime MinisterDuan Qirui's abrogation of the constitution triggered theConstitutional Protection Movement.Sun Yat-sencame to head theGuangzhou Military Governmentsupported by the members of the dissolved parliament and the Southwestern warlords. The Guangzhou government fell apart as the warlords withdrew their support. Sun fled toShanghaiin November 1918 until the Guangdong warlordChen Jiongmingrestored him in October 1920 during theYuegui Wars.On June 16, 1922, Sun was ousted in a coup and fled on the warshipYongfengafter Chen sided with theZhili Clique'sBeijing government.In the following months Sun mounted a counterattack into Guangdong by rallying supporters from Yunnan and Guangxi, and in January establisheda governmentin the city for the third time.

From 1923 to 1926, Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT)used the city as a baseto prosecute a renewed revolution in China by conquering the warlords in the north. Although Sun was previously dependent on opportunistic warlords who hosted him in the city, with the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, the KMT developed its own military power to serve its ambition. The Canton years saw the evolution of the KMT into a revolutionary movement with a strong military focus and ideological commitment, setting the tone of the KMT rule of China beyond 1927.

In 1924, the KMT made the momentous decision to ally with the Communist Party and the USSR. With Soviet help, KMT reorganized itself along the Leninist line and adopted a pro-labor and pro-peasant stance. TheKuomintang-CCP cooperationwas confirmed in theFirst Congress of the KMTand the communists were instructed to join the KMT. The allied government set up thePeasant Movement Training Institutein the city, of which Mao Zedong was a director for one term. Sun and his military commander Chiang usedSovietfunds and weapons to build an armed force staffed by communist commissars, training its cadres in theWhampoa Military Academy.In August, the fledgling army suppressed theCanton Merchants' Corps Uprising.The next year the anti-imperialistMay Thirtieth Movementswept the country, and the KMT government called for strikes in Canton and Hong Kong. The tensions of the massive strikes and protests led to theShakee Massacre.

After the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925 the mood was changing in the party toward the communists. In August the left-wing KMT leaderLiao Zhongkaiwas assassinated and the right-wing leaderHu Hanmin,the suspected mastermind, was exiled to the Soviet Union, leaving the pro-communistWang Jingweiin charge. Opposing communist encroachment, the right-wingWestern Hills Groupvowed to expel the communists from the KMT. The "Canton Coup"on March 20, 1926, saw Chiang solidify his control over theNationalistsandtheir armyagainstWang Jingwei,the party's left wing, itsCommunistallies, and itsSovietadvisors.By May, he had ended civilian control of the militaryand begun hisNorthern Expeditionagainst thewarlordsof the north. Its success led to the split of the KMT between Wuhan and Nanking and the purge of the communists in theApril 12 Incident.Immediately afterwards Canton joined the purge under the auspice ofLi Jishen,resulting in the arrest of communists and the suspension of left wing KMT apparatuses and labor groups. Later in 1927 whenZhang Fakui,a general supportive of the Wuhan faction, seized Canton and installedWang Jingwei's faction in the city, the communists saw an opening and launched theGuangzhou Uprising.Prominent communist military leadersYe TingandYe Jianyingled the failed defense of the city. Soon, control of the city reverted toLi Jishen.

Li Jishen was deposed during a war between Chiang and theNew Guangxi Clique.By 1929,Chen Jitanghad established himself as the powerholder of Guangdong. In 1931 he threw his weight behind the anti-Chiang schism by hosting a separate Nationalist government in Guangzhou.The opposition to Chiang included KMT leaders likeWang Jingwei,Sun Foand others from diverse factions. The peace negotiations amid the armed standoff led to the4th National Congress of Kuomintangbeing held separately by three factions in Nanjing, Shanghai, and Canton. Resigning all his posts, Chiang pulled off a political compromise that reunited all factions. While the intraparty division was resolved, Chen kept his power until he was defeated by Chiang in 1936. During theWW2,the "Canton Operation"subjected the city toJapaneseoccupation by the end of December 1938.

People's Republic of China

Amid the closing months before total Communist victory, Guangzhou briefly served as the capital of the Republican government. Guangzhou was captured on October 14, 1949. Amid a massive exodus toHong KongandMacau,defeated Nationalist forces blew up theHaizhu Bridgeacross the Pearl River in retreat. The Cultural Revolution had a large effect on the city, with many of its temples, churches and other monuments destroyed during this chaotic period.

ThePeople's Republic of Chinainitiated building projects including new housing on the banks of the Pearl River to adjust the city'sboat peopleto life on land. Since the 1980s, the city's close proximity toHong KongandShenzhenand its ties tooverseas Chinesemade it one of the first beneficiaries of China'sopening upunderDeng Xiaoping.Beneficial tax reforms in the 1990s also helped the city's industrialization and economic development.

The municipality was expanded in the year 2000, withHuaduandPanyujoining the city asurban districtsandConghuaandZengchengas more ruralcounties.The former districts ofDongshanandFangcunwere abolished in 2005, merged intoYuexiuandLiwanrespectively. The city acquiredNanshaandLuogang.The former was carved out ofPanyu,the latter from parts ofBaiyun,Tianhe,Zengcheng,and an exclave withinHuangpu.TheNational People's Congressapproved a development plan for thePearl River Deltain January 2009; on March 19 of the same year, the Guangzhou andFoshanmunicipal governments agreed to establish a framework to merge the two cities.In 2014,Luogangmerged intoHuangpuand bothConghuaandZengchengcounties were upgraded to districts.

On 16 June 2022 anEF2 tornado struck the city,causing major power outages and knocking out power to the city's subway lines.

History of Guangzhou

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  TheThirteen Factoriesc. 1805,displaying the flags ofDenmark,Spain,the United States, Sweden,Britain,and theNetherlands
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  An 1855 painting of the gallery of Tingqua, one of the most successful suppliers of "export paintings" for Guangzhou's foreign traders.
  
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  Vrooman's 1860 map of the "City and Entire Suburbs of Canton", one of the first made after the treaties ofTianjinandBeijingpermitted foreigners full access to Guangzhou's walled city
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  TheFlowery Pagodaat theTemple of the Six Banyan Treesin 1863
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  TheFive-story PagodaatopYuexiu Hillc. 1880
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  TheSacred Heart Cathedraltowering over the one- and two-story homes of old Guangzhouc. 1880
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  TheUS Navy's Dept of Navigation's 1920 map of "Canton"
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  Sun Yat-senandChiang Kai-shekat the opening of theWhampoa Military Academyon 16 June 1924
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  The Guangzhou Bund in 1930, with rows ofTankaboats
• A short film of Guangzhou in 1937
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  ThePeople's Liberation Armyentering Guangzhou on 14 October 1949

Geography

Map of Guangzhou (labeled as KUANG-CHOU (CANTON)Quảng châu) in surrounding region (AMS,1954)

Tiantang Peak,highest mountain in Guangzhou

The old town of Guangzhou was nearBaiyun Mountainon the east bank of thePearl River(Zhujiang) about 80 mi (129 km) from its junction with theSouth China Seaand about 300 mi (483 km) below itshead of navigation.It commanded the rich alluvial plain of thePearl River Delta,with its connection to the sea protected at theHumen Strait.The present city spans 7,434.4 km²(2,870.4 sq mi) on both sides of the river from112° 57′to114° 03′ Elongitude and22° 26′to23° 56′ Nlatitude in south-central Guangdong. The Pearl is the4th-largest riverof China.Intertidal ecosystems exist on the tidal flat lining the river estuary, however, many of the tidal flats have been reclaimed for agriculture.Baiyun Mountain is now locally referred to as the city's "lung" (ThịPhế).

The elevation of the prefecture generally increases from southwest to northeast, with mountains forming the backbone of the city and the ocean comprising the front.Tiantang Peakis the highest point of elevation at 1,210 m (3,970 ft)above sea level.

Natural resources

There are 47 different types of minerals and also 820 ore fields in Guangzhou, including 18 large and medium-sized oil deposits. The major minerals are granite, cement limestone, ceramic clay, potassium, albite, salt mine, mirabilite, nepheline, syenite, fluorite, marble, mineral water, and geothermal mineral water. Since Guangzhou is located in the water-rich area of southern China, it has a wide water area with many rivers and water systems, accounting for 10% of the total land area. The rivers and streams improve the landscape and keep the ecological environment of the city stable.

Water resources

The main characteristics of Guangzhou's water resources are that there are relatively few local water resources and relatively abundant transit water resources. The city's water area is 74,400 hectares, accounting for 10.05% of the city's land area. The main rivers include Beijiang, Dongjiang North Mainstream, Zengjiang, Liuxi River, Baini River, Pearl River Guangzhou Reach, Shiqiao Waterway, and Shawan Waterway. Beijiang, The Dongjiang River flows through Guangzhou City and merges with the Pearl River to flow into the sea. The local average total water resources is 7.979 billion cubic meters, including 7.881 billion cubic meters of surface water and 1.487 billion cubic meters of groundwater. Calculated based on the amount of local water resources and the permanent population counted in the sixth census in 2010, there are 1.0601 million cubic meters of water resources per square kilometer, with an average of 628 cubic meters per capita, which is one-half of the country's per capita water resources. The amount of water resources for transit passengers is 186.024 billion cubic meters, which is 23 times the total local water resources. The passenger water resources are mainly concentrated in the southern Wanghe District and Zengcheng District. The passenger water resources diverted from the Xijiang and Beijiang Rivers into Guangzhou City are 159.15 billion cubic meters, and the passenger water resources diverted from the Dongjiang River into the north mainstream of the Dongjiang River are 14.203 billion cubic meters. meters and the water inflow from the upper reaches of the Zengjiang River is 2.828 billion cubic meters. The southern river network area is in the tidal influence area, with large runoff and a strong tidal effect. The three major entrances of the Pearl River, Humen, Jiaomen, and Hongqili, enter the Lingding Ocean and exit the South China Sea in the south of Guangzhou City. The annual high tide volume is 271 billion cubic meters and the annual ebb tide volume is 408.8 billion cubic meters. The annual runoff of the three major entrances is 137.7 billion cubic meters. Compared with meters, the annual tide can bring a large amount of water, part of which is freshwater resources that can be utilized.

Biological Resources

Cultivated crops in Guangzhou have the distinctive characteristics of the transition from the tropics to the subtropics, and it is one of the richest regions in China in terms of fruit tree resources, including three major categories of tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones, 41 families, 82 genera and 174 species, totaling more than 500 varieties (among which there are 55 major varieties of lychee). It is the center of origin and variety of lychee, longan, yellow skin, black (white) olive, and so on. Vegetables are known for their high quality and variety, with 15 major categories, 127 species, and more than 370 varieties. Flowers include fresh cut flowers (fresh cut flowers, fresh cut leaves, fresh cut branches), potted plants (potted flowers, bonsai, flower bed plants), ornamental seedlings, edible and medicinal flowers, industrial and other uses of flowers, lawns, seedlings, etc. More than 3,000 traditional varieties and in recent years the introduction of new varieties, development, and utilization. Grain, cash crops, livestock, poultry, aquatic products, wild animals, and a wide variety of famous and excellent varieties, including Zengcheng Simiao rice is the first protected variety in Guangzhou City to obtain geographical indications.

Mineral Resources

The geological structure of Guangzhou City is quite complex, with good conditions for mineralization. Forty-seven kinds of minerals (including subspecies) have been discovered, with 820 mineral sites and 25 large and medium-sized mining areas. The main minerals are granite for construction, limestone for cement, ceramic clay, potassium, sodium feldspar, salt mines, manganese, nepheline orthoclase, fluorite, marble, mineral water, and thermal mineral water. Energy minerals and non-ferrous minerals in the area are in short supply, sporadically distributed, small in scale, and unstable in grade. ,

Climate

Despite being located just south of theTropic of Cancer,Guangzhou has ahumid subtropical climate(KöppenCwa) influenced by theEast Asian monsoon.Summers are wet with high temperatures, high humidity, and a highheat index.Winters are mild and comparatively dry. Guangzhou has a lengthymonsoonseason, spanning from April through September. Monthly averages range from 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) in January to 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 22.4 °C (72.3 °F).Autumn, from October to December, is very moderate, cool and windy, and is the best travel time.Therelative humidityis approximately 76 percent, whereasannual rainfallin the metropolitan area is over 1,950 mm (77 in).With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 17 percent in March to 51 percent in October, the city receives 1,559 hours of bright sunshine annually, considerably less than nearbyShenzhenandHong Kong.Extreme temperatures have ranged from 0 °C (32 °F) on 11 February 1957 and 23 December 1999to 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on 1 July 2004,though an unofficial record low of −5.0 °C (23.0 °F), in which modern meteorologists believe it to be −3.0 °C (26.6 °F) was recorded on 18 January 1893 and for the station that begun records in 1912 located in Huangpu District, an unofficial record low of −0.3 °C (31.5 °F) was recorded on 8 December 1934.The last recorded snowfall in the city was on January 24, 2016, 87 years after the second last recorded snowfall.

Climate data for Guangzhou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	28.4 (83.1)	29.4 (84.9)	32.1 (89.8)	33.3 (91.9)	39.0 (102.2)	38.9 (102.0)	39.1 (102.4)	38.3 (100.9)	37.6 (99.7)	36.2 (97.2)	33.4 (92.1)	29.9 (85.8)	39.1 (102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.7 (65.7)	20.0 (68.0)	22.3 (72.1)	26.4 (79.5)	30.0 (86.0)	32.0 (89.6)	33.3 (91.9)	33.2 (91.8)	32.0 (89.6)	29.3 (84.7)	25.3 (77.5)	20.7 (69.3)	26.9 (80.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.8 (56.8)	15.5 (59.9)	18.3 (64.9)	22.5 (72.5)	26.0 (78.8)	27.9 (82.2)	28.9 (84.0)	28.6 (83.5)	27.4 (81.3)	24.4 (75.9)	20.2 (68.4)	15.4 (59.7)	22.4 (72.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	10.6 (51.1)	12.5 (54.5)	15.5 (59.9)	19.6 (67.3)	23.1 (73.6)	25.1 (77.2)	25.8 (78.4)	25.5 (77.9)	24.2 (75.6)	20.9 (69.6)	16.7 (62.1)	11.9 (53.4)	19.3 (66.7)
Record low °C (°F)	0.1 (32.2)	0.0 (32.0)	3.2 (37.8)	7.7 (45.9)	13.7 (56.7)	18.8 (65.8)	21.6 (70.9)	20.9 (69.6)	15.5 (59.9)	9.5 (49.1)	4.9 (40.8)	0.0 (32.0)	0.0 (32.0)
Averageprecipitationmm (inches)	51.1 (2.01)	56.1 (2.21)	101.0 (3.98)	193.8 (7.63)	329.0 (12.95)	364.9 (14.37)	242.6 (9.55)	270.3 (10.64)	203.2 (8.00)	67.3 (2.65)	37.4 (1.47)	33.4 (1.31)	1,950.1 (76.77)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm)	7.2	9.4	13.8	15.3	17.4	19.4	17.0	16.8	12.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	145.4
Averagerelative humidity(%)	72	76	80	82	81	82	79	80	77	70	69	67	76
Mean monthlysunshine hours	112.9	77.5	61.6	69.1	103.4	127.5	179.0	166.4	167.0	182.2	159.7	152.7	1,559
Percentpossible sunshine	33	24	17	18	25	32	43	42	46	51	49	46	36
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Centerall-time extreme temperature

Administrative divisions

Main article:List of administrative divisions of Guangzhou

Guangzhou is asub-provincial city.It has direct jurisdiction over elevendistricts:

Liwan Yuexiu Haizhu Tianhe Baiyun Huangpu Panyu Huadu Nansha Conghua Zengcheng

Administrative divisions of Guangzhou Division code Division Area (km2) Population (2022) Seat Postal code Subdivisions Subdistricts Towns Residential communities Administrative villages 440100 Guangzhou 7,434.40 18,734,100 Yuexiu 510000 136 34 1533 1142 440103 Liwan 59.10 1,123,700 Shiweitang Subdistrict 510000 22 195 440104 Yuexiu 33.80 1,028,500 Beijing Subdistrict 510000 18 267 440105 Haizhu 90.40 1,798,300 Jianghai Subdistrict 510000 18 257 440106 Tianhe 96.33 2,221,700 Tianyuan Subdistrict 510000 21 205 440111 Baiyun 795.79 3,637,000 Jingtai Subdistrict 510000 18 4 253 118 440112 Huangpu 484.17 1,191,800 Luogang Subdistrict 510500 14 1 90 28 440113 Panyu 529.94 2,807,400 Shiqiao Subdistrict 511400 11 5 87 177 440114 Huadu 970.04 1,706,200 Huacheng Subdistrict 510800 4 6 50 188 440115 Nansha 783.86 929,400 HuanggeTown 511400 3 6 28 128 440117 Conghua 1,974.50 739,700 Jiekou Subdistrict 510900 3 5 46 221 440118 Zengcheng 1,616.47 1,550,400 Licheng Subdistrict 511300 4 7 55 282

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Economy

Guangzhou is the main manufacturing hub of thePearl River Delta,one ofmainland China's leading commercial and manufacturing regions. In 2021, its GDP reached ¥2,823 billion (US$444.37 billion in nominal), making it the 2nd largest economy in theSouth-Central Chinaregion afterShenzhen.Guangzhou'sGDP (nominal)was $444.37 billion in 2021, exceeding thatGuangzhou's per capita was ¥151,162 ($23,794 in nominal).Guangzhou is considered one of the most prosperous cities in China. Guangzhou ranks 10th in the world and 5th in China (after Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen) in terms of the number of billionaires according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2020.Guangzhou is projected to be among the world top 10 largest cities in terms ofnominal GDPin 2035 (together withShanghai,BeijingandShenzhenin China) according to a study by Oxford Economics,and its nominal GDP per capita will reach above $42,000 in 2030.Guangzhou also ranks 21st globally (between Washington, D.C., and Amsterdam) and 8th in the wholeAsia&Oceaniaregion (behind Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shenzhen and Dubai) in the 2020Global Financial Centers Index(GFCI).Owing to rapid industrialization, it was once also considered a rather polluted city. After green urban planning was implemented, it is now one of the most livable cities in China.

Zhujiang New Town

Zhujiang New Townis thecentral business districtof Guangzhou in the 21st century. It covers 6.44 km²inTianhe District.Multiple financial institutions are headquartered in this area.

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  Zhujiang New Town
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  Skyscrapers in Zhujiang New Town
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  Skyscrapers in Zhujiang New Town
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  Haixin Bridge andCanton Towernear Zhujiang New Town
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  Zhujiang New Town at night

Canton Fair

TheCanton Fair,formally the "China Import and Export Fair", is held every year in April and October by theMinistry of Trade.Inaugurated in the spring of 1957, the fair is a major event for the city. It is thetrade fairwith the longest history, highest level, and largest scale in China.From the 104th session onwards, the fair moved to the newGuangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center(Quảng châuQuốc tếHội triểnTrung tâm) inPazhou,from the older complex in Liuhua. The GICEC is served by two stations onLine 8and three stations onTram Line THZ1.Since the 104th session, the Canton Fair has been arranged in three phases instead of two phases.

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  The firstCanton Fair(1957) at theSino-SovietFriendship Building
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  The former Canton Fair site atYuexiu's Liuhua Complex
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  The newCanton Fair Complex
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  Interior of theCanton Fair Complex

Local products

• Cantonese cuisineis one of China's most famous and popularregional cuisines,with asayingstating simply to "Eat in Guangzhou" (ThựcTạiQuảng châu).
• Cantonesesculptureincludes work injade,wood,and (controversially)ivory.
• Canton porcelaindeveloped over the past three centuries as one of the major forms ofexportware.It is now known within China for its highly colorful style.
• Cantoneseembroideryis one ofchina's four main stylesof the embroidery.
• Zhujiang Beer,apale lager,is one of China's most successful brands.

Industry

Automobile manufacturerGAC Groupheadquartered in Guangzhou

• GAC Group
• Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone
• Guangzhou Nansha Export Processing Zone

  The Export Processing Zone was founded in 2005. Its total planned area is 1.36 km²(0.53 sq mi).It is located in Nansha District and it belongs to the provincial capital, Guangzhou. The major industries encouraged in the zone include automobile assembly, biotechnology and heavy industry. It is situated 54 km (34 mi) (a 70 minutes drive) south of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and close to Nansha Port. It also has the advantage of Guangzhou Metro line 4 which is being extended to Nansha Ferry Terminal.

• Guangzhou Free Trade Zone

  The zone was founded in 1992. It is located in the east ofHuangpu Districtand near to Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone. It is also very close to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.The major industries encouraged in the zone include international trade, logistics, processing and computer software. Recently the Area has been rebranded and is now being marketed under the name Huangpu District. Next to the industries above, new sectors are being introduced to the business environment, including new energy, AI, new mobility, new materials, information and communication technology and new transport. It is also home to the Guangzhou IP Court.

• Guangzhou Science City

Business Environment

Guangzhou is a hub for international businesses. According to an article by China Briefing, over 30,000 foreign-invested companies had settled in Guangzhou by 2018, including 297 Fortune Global 500 companies with projects and 120 Fortune Global 500 companies with headquarters or regional headquarters in the city.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	2,567,645	—
1960	3,683,104	+43.4%
1970	4,185,363	+13.6%
1980	5,018,638	+19.9%
1990	5,942,534	+18.4%
2000	9,943,000	+67.3%
2002	10,106,229	+1.6%
2005	9,496,800	−6.0%
2006	9,966,600	+4.9%
2007	10,530,100	+5.7%
2008	11,153,400	+5.9%
2009	11,869,700	+6.4%
2010	12,701,948	+7.0%
2011	12,751,400	+0.4%
2012	12,832,900	+0.6%
2013	12,926,800	+0.7%
2014	13,080,500	+1.2%
2018	14,904,400	+13.9%
Population size may be affected by changes to administrative divisions.

The2010 censusfound Guangzhou's population to be 12.78 million. As of 2014,it was estimated at 13,080,500,with 11,264,800 urban residents.Itspopulation densityis thus around 1,800 people per km².The built-up area of the Guangzhou proper connects directly to several other cities. The built-up area of thePearl River Delta Economic Zonecovers around 17,573 km²(6,785 sq mi) and has been estimated to house 22 million people, including Guangzhou's nine urban districts,Shenzhen(5.36m),Dongguan(3.22m),Zhongshan(3.12m), most ofFoshan(2.2m),Jiangmen(1.82m),Zhuhai(890k), andHuizhou'sHuiyang District(760k).The total population of this agglomeration is over 28 million after including the population of the adjacentHong Kong Special Administrative Region.The area's fast-growing economy and high demand for labor has produced a huge "floating population" ofmigrant workers;thus, up to 10 million migrants reside in the area least six months each year.In 2008, about five million of Guangzhou's permanent residents werehukoulessmigrants.

Ethnicity and language

Most of Guangzhou's population isHan Chinese.Almost allCantonese peoplespeakCantoneseas their first language,while most migrants speakforms of Mandarin.In 2010, each language was the native tongue of roughly half of the city's population,although minor but substantial numbers speakother varietiesas well.In 2018, He Huifeng of theSouth China Morning Poststated that younger residents have increasingly favored using Mandarin instead of Cantonese in their daily lives, causing their Cantonese-speaking grandparents and parents to use Mandarin to communicate with them. He Huifeng stated that factors included local authorities discouraging the use of Cantonese in schools and the rise in prestige of Mandarin-speaking Shenzhen.Jinan University released a survey result of the Guangzhou youths born in the year 2000 or after that were part of this educational study showed that 69% could still speak and understand Cantonese, 20% can understand Cantonese, but unable to speak it, and 11% completely had no knowledge of Cantonese. Jinan University's study of these Guangzhou youths also indicated when it came to the daily recreational use of Cantonese, roughly 40%-50% of them participated in these recreational functions with the usage of Cantonese with 51.4% of them in mobile games, 47% in Social Platforms, 44.1% in TV shows, and 39.8% in Books and Newspapers. Despite some decline in the use of Cantonese, it is faring better in survival, popularity, and prestige than other Chinese languages due to the historical pride in the language and culture, as well as the wide popularity and availability of mainstream Cantonese entertainment, which encourages locals to retain the Cantonese language.As of the 2020s, additional renewed efforts were introduced to preserve the local Cantonese language and culture with some limited Cantonese language classes now being taught in some schools as well as hosting Cantonese appreciation cultural events along with hosting activities that cater to the local Cantonese culture and language as well as many local Cantonese speaking families are now placing much stronger emphasis on their children to speak Cantonese to preserve the culture and language. In a 2018 report study by Shan Yunming and Li Sheng, the report showed that 90% of people living in Guangzhou are bilingual in both Cantonese and Mandarin, though fluency will vary depending on if they are locally born to the city and the surrounding Guangdong province or migrants from other provinces, which shows how much importance the Cantonese language still has in the city despite the strict policy rules from the government to be using Mandarin as the country's official language.Guangzhou has an even more unbalanced gender ratio than the rest of the country. While most areas of China have 112–120 boys per 100 girls, the Guangdong province that houses Guangzhou has more than 130 boys for every 100 girls.

Guangzhou also possesses a large resident population who areHakka people.There are seven administrative districts in Guangzhou with a considerableHakkapopulation:Zengcheng District,Huadu District,Conghua District,Baiyun District,Tianhe District,Yuexiu DistrictandPanyu District.It is estimated that in Zengcheng district and Huadu district of Guangzhou, Hakka speakers account for about 40 percent and a third of the district's population.

Recent years have seen a huge influx of migrants, with up to 30 million additional migrants living in the Guangzhou area for at least six months out of every year with the majority being female migrants and many becoming local Guangzhou people. This huge influx of people from other areas, called the floating population, is due to the city's fast-growing economy and high labor demands. Guangzhou Mayor Wan Qingliang told an urban planning seminar that Guangzhou is facing a very serious population problem stating that, while the city had 10.33 million registered residents at the time with targets and scales of land use based on this number, the city actually had a population with migrants of nearly 15 million. According to the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences researcher Peng Peng, the city is almost at its maximum capacity of just 15 million, which means the city is facing a great strain, mostly due to a high population of unregistered people.

According to the 2000 National Census, marriage is one of the top two reasons for permanent migration and is particularly important for women as 29.3% of the permanent female migrants migrate for marriage [Liang et al.,2004]. Many of the female economic migrants marry men from Guangzhou in hopes of a better life.but like elsewhere in thePeople's Republic of China,thehousehold registration system(hukou) limits migrants' access to residences, educational institutions and other public benefits. It has been noted that many women end up in prostitution.In May 2014, legally employed migrants in Guangzhou were permitted to receive ahukoucard allowing them to marry andobtain permission for their pregnanciesin the city, rather than having to return to their official hometowns as previously.

Historically, the Cantonese people have made up a sizable part of the 19th- and 20th-centuryChinese diaspora;in fact, manyoverseas Chinesehave ties to Guangzhou. This is particularly true in theUnited States,Canada,andAustralia.

Demographically, the only significant immigration into China has been byoverseas Chinese,but Guangzhou sees many foreign tourists, workers, and residents from theusual locationssuch as theUnited States.Notably, it is also home to thousands ofAfrican immigrants,including people fromNigeria,Somalia,Angolaand theDemocratic Republic of Congo.

Metropolitan area

The encompassingmetropolitan areawas estimated by theOECD(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) to have, as of 2010,a population of 25 million.

Development of Guangzhou

Gong et al. 2018 report on the development of Guangzhou from 1990 until 2020, showing how in 1990, the developed residential districts were almost exclusively concentrated in a small part of western Guangzhou whereas other parts of Guangzhou had a smaller limited amount of developed residential communities being overwhelmingly surrounded by agricultural and forest lands. However, from 2005 until 2020, other parts of the city eventually began to develop more so residential communities and in the 2020 map report, it showed fully developed residential communities going from west to east of the city whereas the very southern part and large portions of northern Guangzhou still remain mainly agricultural and forest lands with very limited developed residential communities.

Transportation

Urban mass transit

Main article:Guangzhou Metro

Guangzhou Metro

When the first line of theGuangzhou Metroopened in 1997, Guangzhou was the fourth city inMainland Chinato have an underground railway system, behindBeijing,Tianjin,andShanghai.Currently the metro network is made up of sixteen lines, covering a total length of 652.81 km (405.64 mi).A long-term plan is to make the city's metro system expand to over 500 km (310 mi) by 2020 with 15 lines in operation. In addition to the metro system there is also theHaizhu Tramline which opened on December 31, 2014.

TheGuangzhou Bus Rapid Transit(GBRT) system which was introduced in 2010 alongZhongshan Road.It has several connections to the metro and is the world's 2nd-largestbus rapid transitsystem with 1,000,000 passenger trips daily.It handles 26,900pphpdduring the peak hour a capacity second only to theTransMilenioBRT system in Bogota.The system averages one bus every 10 seconds or 350 per hour in a single direction and contains the world's longest BRT stations—around 260 m (850 ft) including bridges.

Motor transport

See also:List of bus routes in Guangzhou

Buses in Guangzhou

In the 19th century, the city already had over 600 long, straight streets; these were mostly paved but still very narrow.In June 1919, work began on demolishing the city wall to make way for wider streets and the development of tramways. The demolition took three years in total.

In 2009, it was reported that all 9,424 buses and 17,695 taxis in Guangzhou would be operating onLPG-fuel by 2010 to promote clean energy for transport and improve the environment ahead of the2010 Asian Gameswhich were held in the city.At present,Guangzhou is the city that uses the most LPG-fueled vehicles in the world, and at the end of 2006, 6,500 buses and 16,000 taxis were using LPG, taking up 85 percent of all buses and taxis.

A GAC Aion S yellow taxi of Guangzhou

Effective January 1, 2007, the municipal government banned motorcycles in Guangdong's urban areas. Motorcycles found violating the ban are confiscated.The Guangzhou traffic bureau claimed to have reported reduced traffic problems and accidents in the downtown area since the ban.

Airports

Baiyun International AirportTerminal 2

Guangzhou's main airport is theBaiyun International AirportinBaiyun District;it opened on August 5, 2004.This airport is the second busiest airport in terms of traffic movements in China. It replaced theold Baiyun International Airport,which was very close to the city center but failed to meet the city's rapidly growing air traffic demand. The old Baiyun International Airport was in operation for 72 years. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport now has three runways, with two more planned.Terminal 2 opened on April 26, 2018.Another airport located in Zengcheng District is under planning.

Guangzhou is also served byHong Kong International Airport;ticketed passengers can take ferries from the Lianhuashan Ferry Terminal andNansha Ferry PortinNansha Districtto the HKIASkypier.There are also coach bus services connecting Guangzhou with HKIA.

Rail

Further information:Guangzhou railway station,Guangzhou East railway station,Guangzhou South railway station,Guangzhou North railway station,andGuangzhou Baiyun railway station

Guangzhou is the terminus of theBeijing–Guangzhou,Guangzhou–Shenzhen,Guangzhou–MaomingandGuangzhou–Meizhou–Shantouconventional speed railways. In late 2009, theWuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railwaystarted service, withmultiple unittrains covering 980 km (608.94 mi) at a top speed of 320 km/h (199 mph). In December 2014, theGuiyang–Guangzhou high-speed railwayand Nanning-Guangzhou railway began service with trains running at top speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) and 200 km/h (124 mph), respectively.TheGuangdong Through Traindeparts from theGuangzhou East railway stationand arrives at theHung Hom stationinKowloon,Hong Kong. The route is approximately 182 km (113 mi) in length and the ride takes less than two hours. Frequent coach services are also provided with coaches departing every day from different locations (mostly major hotels) around the city. A number ofregional railwaysradiating from Guangzhou started operating such as theGuangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railwayand theGuangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing intercity railway.

Water transport

There are daily high-speedcatamaranservices between Nansha Ferry Terminal and Lianhua Shan Ferry Terminal in Guangzhou and theHong Kong China Ferry Terminal,as well as between Nansha Ferry Terminal andMacau Ferry Pierin Hong Kong.

• Transport in Guangzhou
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  Panyu Square stationof theGuangzhou Metro
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  Trains used by theGuangzhou Metro
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  GBRTstation
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  Baiyun International AirportinHuadu District
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  CRH380AatGuangzhou South Railway Station
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  Guangzhou Tram

Culture

Guangzhou Opera House

Guangzhou's culture is mainlyCantonese culture,which is a subset of the larger "Southern"or the"Lingnan"culture, followed byHakka culture.Notable aspects ofCantonese culturalheritage include:

• Cantonese language,the local andprestige variantofYue Chinese.
• Cantonese cuisine,one of China's eight major culinary traditions.
• Cantonese opera,usually divided into martial and literary performances.
• Xiguan(Saikwan), the area west of the former walled city.

TheGuangzhou Opera House&Symphony Orchestraalso perform classical Western music and Chinese compositions in their style.Cantonese musicis a traditional style of Chinese instrumental music, whileCantopopis the local form ofpop musicandrock-and-rollwhich developed from neighboringHong Kong.

It is worth noting thatCantonese language,Cantonese cuisineandCantonese operaare the shared culture of the wholeGuangdongregion, not just the important cultural components of Guangzhou city. With a population of diverse background, the culture of Guangzhou also includes other categories, such asHakkaculture and language.

In theHakka peopleinhabited areas of Guangzhou, Hakka culture has been well developed and preserved, and in the long history, the integration of Canton culture and Hakka culture has derived new cultural characteristics.Zengcheng, Guangzhouis a district with a history of more than 1800 years, with the harmonious coexistence of Canton culture and Hakka culture, the derived food culture has not only the non-heritage food such as Zhengguo Wonton, Lanxi Rice Noodle, and Goose Soup, but also the special food such as Yuecun Dace Fish Skin, Paitan Roasted Chicken, and Shitan Whole Cattle Banquet.

Religions

Before the postmodern era, Guangzhou had about 124 religious pavilions, halls, and temples.Today, in addition to theBuddhist Association,Guangzhou also has aTaoist Association,a Jewish community,as well as a history with Christianity, reintroduced to China by colonial powers.

Taoism

TaoismandChinese folk religionare still represented at a few of the city's temples. Among the most important is theTemple of the Five Immortals,dedicated to theFive Immortalscredited with introducing rice cultivation at the foundation of the city. The five rams they rode were supposed to have turned into stones upon their departure and gave the city several of its nicknames.However, the temple has not been restored as a Taoist temple status yet. Other famous temples include theCity God Temple of GuangzhouandSanyuan Palace.During theCultural Revolution,all Taoist temples and shrines were practically destroyed or damaged by the red guards. Only a handful of them like Sanyuan Palace were restored during the 1980s. Guangzhou, like most of southern China, is also notably observant and continues the practice ofChinese ancestral worshipduring major festive occasions like theQing Ming FestivalandZhong Yuan Festival.

Buddhism

Buddhismis the most prominent religion in Guangzhou.The Zhizhi Temple was founded in AD 233 from the estate of aWuofficial; it is said to comprise the residence ofZhao Jiande,the last of theNanyuekings,and has been known as theGuangxiao Temple( "Temple of Bright Filial Piety" ) since theMing dynasty.TheBuddhist missionary monk,Bodhidharmais traditionally said to have visited Panyu during theLiu SongorLiang dynasty(5th or 6th century). Around AD 520,Emperor Wuof theLiangordered the construction of the Baozhuangyan Temple and the Xilai Monastery to store the relics ofCambodianBuddhist saintswhich had been brought to the city and to house the monks beginning to assemble there. The Baozhuangyan is now known as theTemple of the Six Banyan Trees,after a famous poem composed bySu Shiafter a visit during theNorthern Song.The Xilai Monastery was renamed as theHualin Temple( "Flowery Forest Temple" ) after its reconstruction during theQing dynasty.

The temples were badly damaged by both theRepublicancampaign to "Promote Education with Temple Property" (MiếuSảnHưngHọc) and thePRC's Cultural Revolution but have been renovated since theopening upthat began in the 1980s. The Ocean Banner Temple onHenan Island,once famous in the west as the only tourist spot in Guangzhou accessible to foreigners, has been reopened as theHoi Tong Monastery.

Christianity

NestorianChristiansfirst arrived in Chinavia the overlandSilk Road,but suffered duringEmperor Wuzong's 845persecutionand were essentially extinct by the year 1000.TheQing-era ban on foreigners limitedmissionariesuntil itwas abolishedfollowing theFirst Opium War,although theProtestantRobert Morrisonwas able to perform some work through his service with the British factory. TheRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhouis housed atGuangzhou's Sacred Heart Cathedral,known locally as the "Stone House". AGothic Revivaledifice which was built by hand from 1861 to 1888 underFrenchdirection, its original Latin and Frenchstained-glass windowswere destroyed during the wars and amid the Cultural Revolution; they have since been replaced by English ones. The Canton Christian College (1888) and Hackett Medical College for Women (1902) were both founded by missionaries, they were known in Chinese asLingnan Universityand later incorporated intoSun Yat-sen University.Since the opening up of China in the 1980s, there has been renewed interest in Christianity, but Guangzhou maintains pressure on underground churches which avoid registration with government officials.The Catholic archbishopDominic Tangwas imprisoned without trial for 22 years; however, his present successor is recognized by both theVaticanand China'sPatriotic Church.

Islam

Guangzhou has had ties with the Islamic world since theTang dynasty.Relations were often strained: Arab and Persian pirates sacked the city on October 30, 758; the port was subsequently closed for fifty years.Their presencecame to an endunder the revenge of Chinese rebelHuang Chaoin 878, along with that of theJews,Christians,andParsis.Nowadays, the city is home tohalal restaurants.

• Religious sites in Guangzhou
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  Guangzhou's Temple of the Five Immortals
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  The Hall of the 500 Arhatsat theFlowery Forest Temple(Hualin) in the 1870s
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  TheTemple of Bright Filial Piety
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  Guangzhou'sCity God Temple
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  The sacred pigs of theOcean Banner Temple(Hoi Tong)in the 1830s

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  TheFlower Pagodaat theTemple of the Six Banyan Trees(Liurong)
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  The Thousand Buddha Tower at the present-dayHoi Tong Monastery
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  Sacred Heart Cathedral
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  Tianhe Church,built in 2017

Sports

Guangdong Olympic Stadium

The 11,468 seatGuangzhou Gymnasiumwas a2019 FIBA Basketball World Cupvenue.

From November 12 to 27, 2010, Guangzhou hosted the16th Asian Games.The same year, it hosted thefirst Asian Para Gamesfrom December 12 to 19. Combined, these were the major sporting events the city ever hosted.

Tianhe Stadium

Guangzhou also hosted the following major sporting events:

• 1987 The 6thNational Games of China
• 1991 The1st FIFA Women's World Cup
• 2001 The2001 National Games of China
• 2007 The 8thNational Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China
• 2008 The49th World Table Tennis Championships
• 2009 The11th Sudirman Cup:the world badminton mixed team championships

Current professional sports clubs based in Guangzhou include:

Sports	League	Tier	Club	Stadium
Soccer	China League One	2nd	Guangzhou	Huadu Stadium
Esports(Overwatch)	Overwatch League	1st	Guangzhou Charge	Tianhe Gymnasium
Basketball	Chinese Basketball Association	1st	Guangzhou Loong Lions	Tianhe Gymnasium
Baseball	China Baseball League	1st	Guangdong Leopards	Tianhe Sports Center baseball field

Guangzhou Baoneng Qoros Arena

In the 2010s,Guangzhoubecame a Chinese soccer powerhouse, having won eightnational titlesbetween 2011 and 2019. The team has also won theAFC Champions Leaguein2013and2015.The club has competed at the2013and2015 FIFA Club World Cup,where it lost 3–0 in the semifinal stage to the2012–13 UEFA Champions LeaguewinnersFC Bayern Munichand the2014–15 UEFA Champions LeaguewinnersFC Barcelona,respectively.

Restaurants

In the 1990s the local press prolifically published reviews of restaurants in Guangzhou. The local newspapers introducedlifestylepages and relied oninfotainmentto encourage the purchase of adaily newspaper.

Destinations

Eight Views

Main articles:Eight ViewsandEight Views of Guangzhou

Canton Tower

TheEight Views of Ram Cityare Guangzhou's eight most famous tourist attractions. They have varied over time since theSong dynasty,with some being named or demoted by emperors. The following modern list was chosen through public appraisal in 2011:

• "Towers Shining through theNew Town"
• "The Pearl River Flowing and Shining": ThePearl RiverfromBai'etantoPazhou
• "Cloudy Mountain Green and Tidy":Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area
• "Yuexiu's Grandeur":Yuexiu HillandPark
• "The Ancient Academy's Lingering Fame": TheChen Clan Ancestral Halland its folk art museum
• "Liwan's Wonderful Scenery":Liwan Lake
• "Science City,Splendid as Brocade "
• "Wetlands Singing at Night":Nansha Wetlands Park

Bombax ceiba,Guangzhou'sofficial flower

Parks and gardens

• Baiyun Mountain
• Nansha Wetland Park
• People's Park
• South China Botanical Garden
• Yuexiu Park
• Guangdong Tree Park
• Dongshanhu Park (Đông sơn hồ công viên;Đông sơn hồ công viên)
• Liuhuahu Park (Lưu hoa hồ công viên;Lưu hoa hồ công viên)
• Liwanhu Park (Lệ loan hồ công viên;Lệ loan hồ công viên)
• Luhu Park (Lộc hồ công viên;Lộc hồ công viên)
• Martyrs' Park (Quảng châu khởi nghĩa liệt sĩ lăng viên;Quảng châu khởi nghĩa liệt sĩ lăng viên)
• Pearl River Park (Châu giang công viên;Châu giang công viên)
• Yuntai Garden (Vân đài hoa viên;Vân đài hoa viên)
• Shimen National Forest Park(Thạch môn quốc gia sâm lâm công viên;Thạch môn quốc gia sâm lâm công viên)
• Haizhu Lake Park(Hải châu hồ công viên;Hải châu hồ công viên)

Tourist attractions

Sun Yat sen Memorial Hall

Guangzhou attracts more than 223 million visitors each year, and the total revenue of the tourism exceeded 400 billion in 2018.There are many tourist attractions, including:

• Canton Tower
• Chen Clan Ancestral Hall,housing Guangzhou's folk art museum
• Chime-Long Paradise
• Chime-Long Waterpark (simplified Chinese:Trường long thủy thượng nhạc viên;traditional Chinese:Trường long thủy thượng nhạc viên)
• Guangdong Provincial Museum
• Guangzhou Zoo
• Mulberry Park,public center which demonstrates mulberry growing and silk making
• Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
• Peasant Movement Training Institute,an important Maoist site
• Sacred Heart Cathedral(Stone House)
• Temple of Bright Filial Piety(Guangxiao)
• Temple of the Six Banyan Trees(Liurong), site of the Flowery Pagoda
• Sanyuan Palace
• Shamianor Shameen Island, the old trading compound
• Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,site of Guangzhou's former presidential palace
• Xiguan(Saikwan), the western suburbs of the old city

Pedestrian streets

In every district there are many shopping areas where people can walk on the sidewalks; however most of them are not set as pedestrian streets.

ShangxiajiuPedestrian Street

The popular pedestrian streets are:

• Beijing Road pedestrian street
• Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street
• Huacheng Square(Flower City Square)

Malls and shopping centers

There are many malls and shopping centers in Guangzhou. The majority of the new malls are located in the Tianhe district.

Aerial view of Parc Central Mall

• 101 Dynamics
• China Plaza
• Liwan Plaza
• Teem Plaza
• Victory Plaza
• Wanguo Plaza
• Grandview Mall (Grandview Mall Aquarium)
• Wanda square
• Happy Valley
• TaiKoo Hui
• Parc Central
• OneLinkWalk
• Rock Square
• Aeon Mall
• GT Land Plaza
• IFC Plaza
• IGC Mall
• Mall of the World
• K11
• Fashion Tianhe

Major buildings

Main article:List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou

See also:List of historic buildings in Guangzhou

• CITIC Plaza
• Canton Tower
• Guangzhou CircleMansion
• Guangdong Olympic Stadium
• Guangzhou Opera House
• Guangzhou TV Tower
• Pearl River Tower
• TheTwin Towers:
  • Guangzhou International Finance Center(West)
  • TheCTF Guangzhou(East)

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  Canton Custom House(est. 1916),one of the oldest surviving in China
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  Aiqun Hotel,Guangzhou's tallest building from 1937 to 1967
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  Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel onShamian
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  The Canton Cement Factory(est. 1907),which housedSun Yat-senfrom 1923 to 1925
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  The old provincial capitol, now theMuseum of Revolutionary History
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  Guangzhou'sCBD,including theIFC(left) andCTF(right)

Media

Guangzhou has two local radio stations: the provincialRadio Guangdongand the municipal Radio Guangzhou. Together they broadcast in more than a dozen channels. The primary language of both stations isCantonese.Traditionally only one channel of Radio Guangdong is dedicated toMandarin Chinese.However, in recent years there has been an increase in Mandarin programs on most Cantonese channels. Radio stations from cities around Guangzhou mainly broadcast in Cantonese and can be received in different parts of the city, depending on the radio stations' locations and transmission power. The Beijing-basedChina National Radioalso broadcasts Mandarin programs in the city. Radio Guangdong has a 30-minute weekly English programs,Guangdong Today,which is broadcast globally through theWorld Radio Network.Daily English news programs are also broadcast by Radio Guangdong.

Guangzhou has some of the most notable Chinese-language newspapers and magazines inmainland China,most of which are published by three major newspaper groups in the city, theGuangzhou DailyPress Group,Nanfang Press Corporation,and theYangcheng Evening NewsGroup. The two leading newspapers of the city areGuangzhou DailyandSouthern Metropolis Daily.The former, with a circulation of 1.8 million, has been China's most successful newspaper for 14 years in terms of advertising revenue, whileSouthern Metropolis Dailyis considered one of the most liberal newspapers in mainland China. In addition to Guangzhou's Chinese-language publications, there are a few English magazines and newspapers. The most successful isThat's Guangzhou,which started more than a decade ago and has since blossomed intoThat's PRD,producing expatriate magazines in Beijing and Shanghai as well. It also producesIn the Red.

Education and research

Sun Yat-sen University

South China Agricultural University

Guangzhou Library

TheGuangzhou Higher Education Mega Center,also known as Guangzhou University Town (Quảng châuĐại họcThành), is a large tertiary education complex located in the southeast suburbs of Guangzhou. It occupies the entirety ofXiaoguweiIsland inPanyu District,covering an area of about 18 km²(7 sq mi). The complex accommodates campuses from ten higher education institutions and can eventually accommodate up to 200,000 students, 20,000 teachers, and 50,000 staff.

As of June 2023, Guangzhou hosts 84 institutions of higher education (excluding adult colleges), ranking 2nd nationwide afterBeijingand 1st inSouth Chinaregion.The city has manyhighly ranked educational institutions,with seven universities listed in 147National Key Universitiesunder theDouble First-Class Construction,ranking fourth nationwide (afterBeijing,ShanghaiandNanjing). Guangzhou is also an important hub for international students and it was ranked 110th globally by the QS Best Student Cities Rankings in 2023.

Guangzhou is a major Asia-Pacific R&D hub, ranking8thglobally, 4th in the Asia & Oceania regions after (Beijing,ShanghaiandNanjing) and 1st inSouth Central Chinaregion.

The Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center's higher education campuses are as follows:

• Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
• Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
• Guangdong University of Technology
• Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
• Guangzhou University
• Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
• South China Normal University
• South China University of Technology
• Sun Yat-sen University
• Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Guangzhou's other fully accredited and degree-grantinguniversities and collegesinclude:

• Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology
• Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
• Guangdong University of Finance & Economics
• Guangdong University of Finance
• Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology
• Guangzhou Medical University
• Guangzhou Sports University
• Jinan University
• South China Agricultural University
• Southern Medical University
• Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering

The two main comprehensive libraries are Guangzhou Library and Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province.Guangzhou Libraryis a public library in Guangzhou. The library has moved to a new building inZhujiang New Town,which fully opened on June 23, 2013.Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province has the largest collection of ancient books in Southern China.

Further information:Guangzhou High School

Notable people

• Choh Hao Li(1913–1987), American biochemist, expert on hormones
• Zhi Cong Li(born 1993), racing driver
• Xiao Ping Liang(born 1959), internationally exhibited calligrapher
• Kuang Sunmou(1863–?), railway engineer, businessman, and bureaucrat
• Bolo Yeung(born July 3, 1946), Hong Kong martial artist, competitive bodybuilder, and film actor
• Qi Yuwu(born November 28, 1976), actor based in Singapore
• Donnie Yen(born 27 July 1963), Hong Kong martial artist, action director and choreographer, and film director and actor

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Main article:List of twin towns and sister cities in China

Consulates General/consulates

See also:List of diplomatic missions in China

As of April 2023, Guangzhou hosts 68 foreign consulates-general/consulates, excluding the Hong Kong and Macao trade office, making it one of the major cities to host more than 50 foreign representatives in China afterBeijingandShanghai.

See also

• Canton SystemandOld China Trade
• World's largest cities
• Historical capitals of China
• Mezitli Producer Women's Market#Guangzhou Innovation Award
• 2021 Guangzhou bombing

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External links

• Guangzhou InternationalArchivedDecember 27, 2019, at theWayback Machine:Official website of government of Guangzhou municipality
• Guangzhou, China NetworkArchivedJanuary 20, 2008, at theWayback Machine
• Geographic data related toGuangzhouatOpenStreetMap